EARLY bird viewers blasted Good Morning Britain after the breakfast show dedicated a huge chunk of today's episode to the aftermath of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's divorce revelation.

Those watching the ITV programme were left furious as they woke up to find presenters Ben Shephard, Charlotte Hawkins and Kate Garraway delve into Brangelina's split in great depth - while apparently not giving the recent police shooting and riots in America sufficient airtime.

During the two-and-a-half hours of coverage, Ben and Kate grilled a brand consultant and LA divorce lawyer as well as chatting to their US presenter Ross King.

One hinted at the reason for their fury and wrote: "Thank you for covering the story of another black man getting shot in America.

"Is the Brad Pitt story so important?" while another added the sneering remark: "Let's stop talking about ISIS and let's begin talking about hairstyles and bacon sandwiches, Brad Pitt and his wife. Nobody cares."

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Brad and Angelina have six children from their twelve year relationship – biological children Shiloh, 10, and eight-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne, and adopted children Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11.

It also confirmed that Angie has hired top celebrity lawyer Laura Wasser for the divorce – the same lawyer that has just completed the proceedings for the other major celeb split of the year, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.

A Good Morning Britain spokesperson said: "The breaking news about protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, following the shooting of an African American man by police, was the lead news story today on the programme.

"It featured prominently throughout the morning and coverage included two eye witness accounts."